Food 'Swamps' Tied to Elevated Mortality From Obesity-Related Cancers Study suggests diet is not necessarily a modifiable risk factor for all, editorialists say May 05, 2023
Mysterious White Blood Cell Disorder Not Just 'AIDS Without HIV' Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia not so heterogenous after all May 03, 2023
Implanted Ultrasound Device Opening Blood-Brain Barrier Promising in Brain Tumors Device allows delivery of more potent chemotherapies to patients with glioblastomas May 03, 2023
B-Cell Stimulating Factors Tied to Lymphoma in Sjogren's Findings may bolster interest in BTK inhibitors for autoimmune diseases May 02, 2023
Novel Chemo Delivery System Achieves High Response Rate in Bladder Cancer Complete responses in 73% of patients with BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive disease May 02, 2023
Upfront Systemic Therapy, Deferred Surgery Pass Muster in Advanced Kidney Cancer Two studies suggest no harm from deferred cytoreduction, potential benefits of immunotherapy May 02, 2023
Thriving After Cancer Tara Sanft, MD, on how clinicians can support patients through difficult times May 02, 2023 podcast
'Fantastic,' 'Terrific' Results With Oncolytic Virus Combo for Bladder Cancer Complete response rate of 85% in BCG-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive disease May 01, 2023
Enzalutamide-ADT Cuts Risk for Disease Spread in Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer Combo has potential to be new standard of care in patients with high-risk BCR, expert says Apr 30, 2023
FDA Panel Rejects Broad Olaparib Indication in Metastatic CRPC ODAC votes that olaparib-abiraterone combination should be restricted to BRCA-positive subset Apr 28, 2023
Sperm Donor Banned Over Incest Fears; COVID Hampered Teen Sex; Jerry Springer Dies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Apr 28, 2023
Sodium Thiosulphate Not Much Help for Calciphylaxis in CKD Though used off-label for years, treatment isn't very beneficial Apr 26, 2023
Blinatumomab Plus Chemo Effective in Aggressive Infant ALL Low incidence of relapse after treatment "remarkable," researchers say Apr 26, 2023
HIPEC With Mitomycin C Reduces Locoregional Recurrence in High-Risk Colon Cancer No increase in adverse events or toxicity versus surgery alone Apr 26, 2023
Talc-Cancer Lawsuits on Hold; Diet & Prostate Cancer; Active Surveillance Deep Dive News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Apr 21, 2023
Manufacturer's Troponin Reference Values Don't Apply to Kids Different thresholds for myocardial injury suggested for pediatric patients Apr 21, 2023
Awareness of HPV's Link to Cancer Lags as Cases Continue to Increase Clear decline for cervical cancer, awareness of other cancers remains stagnant Apr 21, 2023
Antibody-Drug Conjugate Gets FDA Thumbs Up for Untreated DLBCL Adding polatuzumab vedotin to a modified version of R-CHOP significantly improved PFS Apr 20, 2023
Genomics Add Insight Into Worse Colorectal Cancer Outcomes in Black Patients Fewer actionable mutations, less likely to meet genomic criteria for immunotherapy Apr 19, 2023
CAR T-Cell Therapy Shows Promise in Advanced Kidney Cancer ORR of 30% in patients with CD70-positive disease using off-the-shelf, allogeneic product Apr 19, 2023
Many With Cancer Predisposition Diseases Unaware of Genetic Status Moreover, a significant proportion do not qualify for genetic screening under current guidelines Apr 19, 2023
Risks Outweigh Benefits for BSO at Benign Hysterectomy in Younger Women It's less clear-cut for postmenopausal women, study authors say Apr 18, 2023
Robust PSA Drops With Radionuclide Therapy in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer All but one patient had a PSA decline after a fractionated dose of 225Ac-J591 Apr 18, 2023
Novel Antibody Induces Durable Responses in Heavily Pretreated Myeloma Overall response rate of 90% in patients who received highest doses of REGN5459 Apr 18, 2023
Novel Bispecific Antibody Active in Recurrent/Metastatic Head and Neck Cancer Responses in 37% of patients previously treated with anti-PD-1/L1 agents, platinum chemotherapy Apr 18, 2023
Responses to PD-1 Blockade Approach 90% in Rare Melanoma "One of the highest tumor response rates we've seen in any cancer," study discussant says Apr 17, 2023
Including Anti-PD-1 in First-Line Ups Survival in Biliary Tract Cancer Another option for difficult-to-treat disease Apr 17, 2023
'Potential' New Option for Operable NSCLC Adding perioperative durvalumab to neoadjuvant chemo improved pCR rates, event-free survival Apr 17, 2023
Adjuvant Combo May Change Practice in High-Risk Liver Cancer Atezolizumab-bevacizumab reduced the risk of recurrence by about 30% Apr 17, 2023
Personalized Cancer Vaccine Boosts Recurrence-Free Survival in Melanoma Clinical implications apply to virtually all solid tumors and possibly hematologic malignancies Apr 17, 2023
Taxane, Anthracycline Combo Most Effective in Reducing Breast Cancer Recurrence Chemotherapy regimens with higher cumulative dose provide greatest benefit Apr 14, 2023
Oral Drug Improves Sunlight Tolerance in Genetic Photosensitivity Disorders Dersimelagon significantly extended time to sun-related prodromal symptoms Apr 12, 2023
Blood Donor's Sex Makes No Difference for Survival Only difference seen was higher incidence of MRSA infection in recipients of female donor blood Apr 12, 2023
Older Men Still Overscreened for Prostate Cancer, Survey Says PSA screening rates over 50% for men 70 and up, despite USPSTF recommendations against it Apr 11, 2023
SYK Inhibitor Promising in Early Trial of Primary ITP Sovleplenib demonstrated "consistent response" as second-line treatment Apr 11, 2023
Local Anesthesia Before Breast Cancer Surgery Improves OS in Randomized Trial Intervention is inexpensive, easy to implement, researchers say Apr 07, 2023
Leading Causes of Death Hit Childhood Cancer Survivors Earlier But excess risk lowest in survivors with a healthy lifestyle Apr 06, 2023
CAR T-Cell Therapy Feasible, Safe in Advanced Neuroblastoma ORR of 63% with GD2-targeting product in kids with relapsed, refractory high-risk disease Apr 06, 2023
Major Survival Gain With Immunotherapy in Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Median overall survival reached 20 years with interferon alfa-2b in low-grade disease Apr 05, 2023
Does Your 80-Year-Old Patient Really Need That Colonoscopy? Physicians often ignore life expectancy in screening decisions, study finds Apr 04, 2023
